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TO ALL WHOM IT lMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ORRIS PEER, of Wnhall, Bennington county, and Statenof Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse `Hay-Rake; and I do hereby declare that the following Yis a full, clear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled the art to ineke and use the sane, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification, in which- 'Figure 1/is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved rake taken through the line :u z, iig. 2.

Figure Qis a vertical crosssection of the saine taken through the liucy y, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention `has for its object to improve the construction of my horse hay-rake 'patented September 13, 1859, so that it may better adjust itself to the roughness and inequalities'of the ground. And it consists in pivoting the bar to which the operating parts of the rake are attached, to the frame of the cart as hereinafter' more fully described.

A is the axle, B the wheels, C the thills, D the platform or frame of the cart, E the standard, und Fthe drivers scat. About the construction of all these parts thereisnothing new. G is the rakel1ead,wl1ich is pivoted to the bar H, by the rods Iso as to have a free upward and downward motion torenable it to be raised to pass over obstructions and to deposit the collected hay in a windrow. The rake'head G is operated by the lever J, the rear end of'which is firmly attached to therake-head G, and its forward end is connected with the `forward end of the cart frame D, by a strap, K, 4in such a position as to be easily reached and operated by the driver from his seat F.I The lever J'has its fulcrum in the upper end of the connecting-bar L, to which it is pivoted, and the lower end of which is pivotcd to the bar H, ,as shown in figs. 1 and- 2. [n my rake patented September 1221, 1859, the bar H was solidly attached to the frame or platform D, and the bar ofthe rake-head G was always parallel with the axle A, 'and the rake-head could not adjust itself to inequalities of the ground,

except as said inequalities at the same time affected the cart to which the said rake-head was attached. To remedy this, and enable the rake-head G to adjust itself` to the roughness or inequalities ofthe groundindevpendentiy ofthe position of the cart, I pivot the bar H, at its central point, to the frame D by thc bolt M, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. N are stop-pins, projecting from the rear end of the platform D a little below the lower side oi' the bar H,- as shown in fig. 1, to limit the movement of the bar H about the pivoting-bolt M, and prevent it from revolving too far in either direction. I p i Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent- The bar H,pivoted at its centre to the frame D, having the connecting-bar L, of the leverJ, pivoted omits upper side, and the connecting-rods I, o purpose specified.

The above .speciiication of my inventionsigned by me this 8th day of June, 1866.

' ORRIs PIER.

Witnesses:

C. C. WHEELER, E. D. Varna.

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